FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen (DE:VOWG_p) said on Tuesday it had appointed Johann Jungwirth as the head of its new digital strategy unit.
Jungwirth, 42, comes from Apple Inc (O:AAPL). where he was head of Mac Systems Engineering. Before he worked for Daimler as president and chief executive of Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America.
"With the new function and the appointment of Jungwirth, Volkswagen is strongly reinforcing its position in digitalization, which is a very important future field for the automotive industry," Volkswagen said in a statement.